Starring Clive Owen and Tim Roth, Canadian François Girard’s historical drama “The Song of Names” will close the 67th San Sebastian Festival on Sept.
28.World premiering at the Toronto Intl.
Film Festival as a Gala Presentation, “The Song of Names” will play out of competition at what will be its international premiere.Hanway Films is selling worldwide the film, which was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for the U.S..
Elevation Pictures will distribute in Canada; Filmax in Spain.“The Song of Names” is based on a novel by British award-winning novelist and cultural commentator Norman Lebrecht, which Jeffrey Caine (“The Constant Gardener”) adapted.Described as an “emotional detective story,” the film unfolds at the start of World War II, focusing on Dovidl, a 9-year-old violin prodigy who is a Polish-Jewish refugee in London.
His brother Martin, of the same age, is devoted to him.Hours before Dovidl’s
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